The album was the third release of a Blood Brothers cast recording; the earlier versions featured the original 1983 cast (including Barbara Dickson as Mrs Johnstone) and 1988 cast (with Kiki Dee as Mrs Johnstone).
In 1995, a recording of the then London cast, including Stephanie Lawrence as Mrs Johnstone and Warwick Evans as the Narrator was also produced. Many of the instrumental tracks appeared on both the International and London recordings.
Cast biographies
Blood Brothers marked the first time Shaun Cassidy and David Cassidy appeared together on an album, having both previously had successful careers as pop artists. (The next would be only a year later when they sang in a trio with brother Patrick on "You Could Drive A Person Crazy", released on the live recording "Sondheim A Celebration).
Blood Brothers is the first time Shaun Cassidy had appeared on an album in 15 years. His fifth appearance on an album was in 1980 during his teen-idol career when he released his fifth solo album, Wasp. To date, Blood Brothers was the fifth time Shaun released new material on an album.
David Cassidy (Shaun's half-brother), however, had released solo albums throughout the 1990s, and Blood Brothers represented his first musical-theatre album. Following Blood Brothers, David (unlike Shaun) continued to perform as a headliner of musical theatre throughout the 1990s, including the Las Vegas shows EFX and At The Copa.
Petula Clark also continued to perform as a headliner of musical theatre, including an extensive tour of the musical Sunset Boulevard.
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